-- The Monday Motivator 2006-03-20 --

Stepping Away

Occasionally it is good to take a step back and re-assess a situation.

There is a danger that you can become so focussed on working towards a goal that you miss the fact that your efforts are not taking you in the most direct route to achieving that success, or that you get so close to the detail that you miss changes in the overall situation.

Worse still, you may actually be moving away from hitting the goal. With a ship or aeroplane, a slight error in the course it is travelling, will multiply over many miles travelled, resulting in a large deviation from the final destination. Likewise, you may find that whilst you have been working to a set plan, your Goal is no closer to being achieved.

This may be because other, external, factors have changed, meaning you need to concentrate on something different to achieve the same Goal, or that your priorities are no longer the same as when you set out to accomplish the Goal, and you therefore need to reconsider the Goal itself.

So, to close today, is there anything that you are working towards that you need to step back from the detail and take another look at the whole Goal?

-- Monday Motivational Quote --

Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek

Mario Andretti